Re: Radio mics

["Paul Gordon" <paul_gordon@xxxxxxx>]

Adam,

My initial thoughts were along much the same lines.

However, when I looked into radio mic's, I found that there seemed to be 2
completely opposite ends of the market, and >nothing< in-between...

At one end, (the affordable end!), there seemed to be a very small number
of
products available for around the £30-£50 mark, such as one availablie in
M***ins, for £39.95

Then at the other end, there's the "proper" radio mic systems,
with clip-on
lapel mics, belt-pack transmitters, and so on, just like you see TV
presenters wearing. None of these systems seemed to be available for less
than £200.

There doesn't seem to be anything in-between, for around the £90 mark...

The cheap-end mics are obviously that. I actually bought one of the
M***plin
£40 jobs, as there was no way I could go to £200 for a microphone!! (SWMBO
would kill me!), and as it was pretty much the only choice I had, and I
thought even a cheap one would be better than nothing at all...

The thing is huge! - don't mean to offend anyone, but honestly, the best
comparison I can think of to describe it's dimensions, is to say it is
about
the same shape and size as a large dildo! (sorry!)

Performance is nothing to write home about, but then I haven't done any VR
training with this mic, so that won't be helping!

HTH.

Paul G.



>
>My initial thought was to get hold of a radio mic which I could plug
into
>my
>HA server, and use around the house in much the same was as a remote...
>Okay, not as neat as putting mics in all the rooms, but far cheaper
>considering that I'm not sure that a) I'd use it, and b) it would be
all
>that reliable!
>
>The problem is, that I have no idea about the range of radio mics, or
which
>one to go for... I could place the receiver pretty centrally in the
house,
>and it's not a bit house, so it wouldn't need a range of more than
about 10
>meters or so (albeit with walls in the way obviously).
>
>Has anyone got any good/bad experiences with radio mics, and anyone
care to
>make a recommendation?! (a supplier would be good too!).
>
>Thanks,
>Adam.
>

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